MADRID, 28 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The 2025 Women’s Champions League final will be held at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon (Portugal), while the 2024 and 2025 Conference League finals will be hosted by Athens (Greece) and Wroclaw (Poland), respectively, according to UEFA decided this Wednesday at the meeting of its Executive Committee in Nyon (Switzerland).
The UEFA Executive Committee has met at the House of European Football in Nyon (Switzerland) to, among other decisions, establish the José Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, the home venue of Sporting Club de Portugal, as the venue for the final of the Women’s Champions League in 2025.
In addition, the Executive Committee designated Poland as the venue for the 2025 Women’s Under-19 EURO, while the Agia Sofia Stadium in Athens (AEK stadium) and Wroclaw (WKS Slask Wroclaw) will host the 2024 and 2025 Conference League finals. , respectively, a competition that precisely, as of the 2024-2025 season, will be called the UEFA Conference League, without the term ‘Europe’.
As for Athens, as the stadium is new and has never been operated by the club in an international context, UEFA will start an observation period until November 2023 on the matches played by AEK Athens FC in the continental competition for which will qualify and by the Greek team in the qualifying phase for EURO 2024, to confirm the designation at the end of the year.
During this meeting, some important amendments to the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Sustainability Regulations were also approved, which will enter into force on July 1, 2023. The new regulations say that the amortization of the player’s registration will be limited to five years for guarantee “equal treatment of all clubs and improve financial sustainability”. In case of renewal, the amortization may be extended throughout the extension of the contract, but up to a maximum of five years.
UEFA also wants to prevent clubs from “artificially inflating transfer profits” for non-sporting purposes by requiring club auditors to confirm a player exchange or swap.
Finally, the UEFA Executive Committee has approved a new format for the Youth League from 2024-2025. The competition will be adapted to the change in format of the main UEFA club competitions and will include the 36 youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the 2024/25 Champions League phase (Champions League path).
The national champions path will be restructured to include youth national champions from all UEFA member associations (participation is currently limited to the top 32 ranked associations). The league phase will be a reflection of the group phase of the Champions League, but limited to the first six days, in which the same matches will be played in both competitions.
The route of the national champions will consist of three rounds played under the cup system with two-legged eliminations. The clubs from the associations with the best ranking will enter the second round. Then a single knockout phase will be played in a single match from the round of 16. The tournament will conclude with a four-way final (semifinals and final) played at a neutral venue.